Here is the fourth square pattern for inspiration. If you are just joining our project, Molly MacRae and I are celebrating the launch of Last Wool and Testament, the first of her new Haunted Yarn Shop mystery. Each week for a few months we will be featuring a stitch so readers can make squares for Warm Up America, a charity. They can be formed into a blanket, or the squares can be mailed in. I do really simple squares so I can easily bring projects with me in my purse and do a quick row at a time. We will mainly be featuring really simple squares, but I have a few wonderful guests coming on Fridays who may challenge knitters here. Next week my dear friend author Anne Ylvisaker is coming with a special stitch, relevant to her new book. I am very excited about that event.

Today’s stitch is what I call the checkerboard. I cast on 25 stitches on size 8 needles with Lion Brand Wool-Ease. Any medium worsted should do it. I would recommend casting on at least 30, though, as my squares are a bit small for WUA. I plan on sewing my blanket together.

One Response to Retro Crafting Friday: Checkerboard Knitted Square for Warm Up America

You make this stitch sound easy so I’m going to try this one, too. I want to make a seed stitch book mark sometime, and that seems to be pretty easy to do too. I just need to sit down and start some of these things.:)

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